Turnover Time of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) Meridional Overturning Circulation

The East Sea (ES; Sea of Japan) meridional overturning circulation (MOC) serves as a crucial mechanism for the transportation of dissolved, colloidal, and suspended particulate matters, including pollutants, on the surface to deep waters via thermohaline circulation. Therefore, understanding the str...

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Autores principales:	MyeongHee Han, Yeon S. Chang, Hyoun-Woo Kang, Dong-Jin Kang, Yong Sun Kim
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	turnover time East Sea meridional overturning circulation shallow convection deep convection Science Q General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution QH1-199.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:97c351c3b26f41a8b15f64c2e1c63c7c2021-12-01T14:07:16ZTurnover Time of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) Meridional Overturning Circulation2296-774510.3389/fmars.2021.768899https://doaj.org/article/97c351c3b26f41a8b15f64c2e1c63c7c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.768899/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-7745The East Sea (ES; Sea of Japan) meridional overturning circulation (MOC) serves as a crucial mechanism for the transportation of dissolved, colloidal, and suspended particulate matters, including pollutants, on the surface to deep waters via thermohaline circulation. Therefore, understanding the structure of the ES MOC is critical for characterizing its temporal and spatial distribution. Numerous studies have estimated these parameters indirectly using chemical tracers, severely limiting the accuracy of the results. In this study, we provide a method for directly estimating the turnover times of the ES MOC using the stream functions calculated from HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) reanalysis data by averaging the flow pattern in the meridional 2-D plane. Because the flow pattern is not consistent but various over time, three cases of stream function fields were computed over a 20-year period. The turnover time was estimated by calculating the time required for water particles to circulate along the streamlines. In the cases of multiple (two or three) convection cells, we considered all possible scenarios of the exchange of water particles between adjacent cells, so that they circulated over those cells until finally returning to the original position and completing the journey on the ES MOC. Three different cell cases were tested, and each case had different water particle exchange scenarios. The resulting turnover times were 17.91–58.59 years, 26.41–37.28 years, and 8.68–45.44 years for the mean, deep, and shallow convection cases, respectively. The maximum turnover time, namely 58.59 years, was obtained when circulating the water particle over all three cells, and it was approximately half of that estimated by the chemical tracers in previous studies (∼100 years). This underestimation arose because the streamlines and water particle movement were not calculated in the shallow (<300 m) and deep areas (>3,000 m) in this study. Regardless, the results of this study provide insight into the ES MOC dynamics and indicate that the traditional chemical turnover time represents only one of the various turnover scenarios that could exist in the ES.MyeongHee HanYeon S. ChangYeon S. ChangHyoun-Woo KangDong-Jin KangDong-Jin KangYong Sun KimYong Sun KimFrontiers Media S.A.articleturnover timeEast Seameridional overturning circulationshallow convectiondeep convectionScienceQGeneral. Including nature conservation, geographical distributionQH1-199.5ENFrontiers in Marine Science, Vol 8 (2021)
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topic	turnover time East Sea meridional overturning circulation shallow convection deep convection Science Q General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution QH1-199.5
spellingShingle	turnover time East Sea meridional overturning circulation shallow convection deep convection Science Q General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution QH1-199.5 MyeongHee Han Yeon S. Chang Yeon S. Chang Hyoun-Woo Kang Dong-Jin Kang Dong-Jin Kang Yong Sun Kim Yong Sun Kim Turnover Time of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) Meridional Overturning Circulation
description	The East Sea (ES; Sea of Japan) meridional overturning circulation (MOC) serves as a crucial mechanism for the transportation of dissolved, colloidal, and suspended particulate matters, including pollutants, on the surface to deep waters via thermohaline circulation. Therefore, understanding the structure of the ES MOC is critical for characterizing its temporal and spatial distribution. Numerous studies have estimated these parameters indirectly using chemical tracers, severely limiting the accuracy of the results. In this study, we provide a method for directly estimating the turnover times of the ES MOC using the stream functions calculated from HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) reanalysis data by averaging the flow pattern in the meridional 2-D plane. Because the flow pattern is not consistent but various over time, three cases of stream function fields were computed over a 20-year period. The turnover time was estimated by calculating the time required for water particles to circulate along the streamlines. In the cases of multiple (two or three) convection cells, we considered all possible scenarios of the exchange of water particles between adjacent cells, so that they circulated over those cells until finally returning to the original position and completing the journey on the ES MOC. Three different cell cases were tested, and each case had different water particle exchange scenarios. The resulting turnover times were 17.91–58.59 years, 26.41–37.28 years, and 8.68–45.44 years for the mean, deep, and shallow convection cases, respectively. The maximum turnover time, namely 58.59 years, was obtained when circulating the water particle over all three cells, and it was approximately half of that estimated by the chemical tracers in previous studies (∼100 years). This underestimation arose because the streamlines and water particle movement were not calculated in the shallow (<300 m) and deep areas (>3,000 m) in this study. Regardless, the results of this study provide insight into the ES MOC dynamics and indicate that the traditional chemical turnover time represents only one of the various turnover scenarios that could exist in the ES.
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author	MyeongHee Han Yeon S. Chang Yeon S. Chang Hyoun-Woo Kang Dong-Jin Kang Dong-Jin Kang Yong Sun Kim Yong Sun Kim
author_facet	MyeongHee Han Yeon S. Chang Yeon S. Chang Hyoun-Woo Kang Dong-Jin Kang Dong-Jin Kang Yong Sun Kim Yong Sun Kim
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title	Turnover Time of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) Meridional Overturning Circulation
title_short	Turnover Time of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) Meridional Overturning Circulation
title_full	Turnover Time of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) Meridional Overturning Circulation
title_fullStr	Turnover Time of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) Meridional Overturning Circulation
title_full_unstemmed	Turnover Time of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) Meridional Overturning Circulation
title_sort	turnover time of the east sea (sea of japan) meridional overturning circulation
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/97c351c3b26f41a8b15f64c2e1c63c7c
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Turnover Time of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) Meridional Overturning Circulation

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